About me
John Shin, MD, is a MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute attending clinical cardiac electrophysiologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. His practice locations include: MedStar Cardiology Associates at Annapolis, MedStar Cardiology Associates at Irving Street, and MedStar Cardiology Associates at Lafayette Centre. Before joining MedStar Health, Dr. Shin was an attending cardiologist/clinical cardiac electrophysiologist for 10 years with the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, where he performed a high volume of procedures for complex cardiac arrhythmia issues. The procedures he performed include catheter-based ablation for ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, and atypical atrial arrhythmias, as well as lead extraction for complex lead management.
As a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist who is board-certified in cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology, Dr. Shin treats patients for all cardiac arrhythmia disorders (both common and complex), including atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia, bradyarrhythmia, and syncope. Dr. Shin performs implant procedures for patients who are candidates for devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators. He also performs minimally invasive catheter-based ablation procedures.
Dr. Shin’s clinical interests include the management of complex arrhythmias and providing patient education – spending the appropriate amount of time with patients to help them understand their diagnosis and treatment options. He is passionate about providing patients who are candidates with device-based therapies to improve heart failure outcomes and ablation procedures to treat tachyarrhythmias that are symptom-limiting.
Dr. Shin received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He then joined the University of Chicago Medical Center for an internal medicine residency; a cardiology fellowship; and a two-year subspecialty cardiac electrophysiology fellowship, during which he served as Chief Fellow. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society.
Philosophy of care
“My philosophy of care is guided by applying my experience to provide high-quality, empathetic, and comprehensive care while partnering with my patients to ensure they’re fully informed of their condition and treatment options.
“Being a doctor is more than helping patients treat a problem, it’s going back to the Latin root for doctor (docere) which means ‘to teach’. For me, doctoring is about partnering with my patients and educating them, so they have a comprehensive understanding of their condition and treatment options. When my patients walk out of an appointment, my goal is that they’ll walk out with a clear understanding of my professional opinion and treatment recommendations, and what it means in terms of their treatment goals.
“I feel honored when my patients say that they felt heard by me and that they feel comforted and cared for after their time with me. I am my patients’ number one advocate and always have their best interests at heart, even when difficult decisions are being made.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation
- Electrophysiology Study
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Bradycardia
- Brugada Syndrome
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Cachexia
- Cardiac Channelopathies
- Cardiac Prosthetic Device Complications
- Cardiac Prosthetic Device Malfunction
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Heart Racing
- Implantable Defibrillator Complications
- Implantable Defibrillator Maintenance
- Irregular Heartbeat
- Long Qt Syndrome
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Short Qt Syndrome
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Watchman Device Complications
Procedures I perform
- Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardiac Event Recorder
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardioversion
- Electrophysiology Study
- Endometrial Extraction
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Holter Monitoring
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead Extraction
- Implantable Loop Recorder
- Maze Procedure For Atrial Fibrillation
- Pacemaker Lead Replacement
- Pacemaker Placement
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome Treatment
Practice locations
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1133 21st St NW
Ste 700
Washington, DC, 20036
2002 Medical Pkwy
Ste 500
Annapolis, MD, 21401
106 Irving St NW
Ste 4800
Washington, DC, 20010
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- First Health PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Open HMO Option
- HealthyBlue PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Student Resources
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Basic
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Choice Fund PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Navigate
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- OA Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Choice POS
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Healthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- POS OA
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Network OA
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center Radiology GME (2013)
Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center Radiology GME (2012)
Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center Radiology GME (2009)
Medical School: Vanderbilt University (2006)